Clothespin



A v 1,638,979 Allg 161.1921 A. L. BROKING CLOTHESPIN Filed Y Deo. 15, 1926 glu/vanto@ Patented Aug. 16, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT orificew ADA. L. BROKINGyOF WEST NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY.

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Application led December 15, 1952.6.l Serial No. 155,065.

This invention relates to the clasps and pertains particularly to clothes pins.

The primary object ot this invention 1s to provide in a manner as hereinafter set forth,

a clothes pin designed to grip the clothes beneath a supporting line and formed to` tion ot the same proceeds, and the invention 3U will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specifica tion, with the understanding, however, that 291 the invention is not confined to any strict conif'ormity with the showing of the drawing, but may be changed or modied so long as such changes and modifications mark no material departure vfrom the salient features ot the invention, as expressed in the appended claims.

ln the drawings:

Figure l shows the article embodying this invention, in applied position, in side elevation.

Figure 2 shows one side of the clothes pin embodying this invention.

Figure 3 a view ot the side opposite that shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a section taken upon the line 4 4 ot Figure l.

Referring now to the drawing in detail wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the clothes pin comprises the pair ot members i and 2, each of which consists of an elongated straight intermediate portion 3 and an upper angularly extending portion 4.

The intern'iediate portion 3 of each member has formed upon each longitudinal edge, an inwardly extending ear 5, the pair of ears upon one member being spaced farther apart than those of the other member to receive the other ears therebetween, thus arranging lit) the overlapping ears to receive a connecting pivot member 6.

The lower' end of the member l is formed to set up an extension T at the lower end ot the intermediate portion 3 and obtusely angled with respect to the same and this angled portion merge;` into a lower short straight portion 8 which terminates in an inwardly extending rib 9 which li es across the straight portion 8. The obtusely angled portion 7 extends outwardly away from the adjacent member 2.

The lower portion ci the member 2 is formed to set up the pair ot subsequently semi-circular portions 10 and ll, the concave surfaces ot which are directed toward the lower portion oi the adjacent member l, the portion l0 coacting with the lower part ot the angled section i' and the upper part of the straight section S oi the member l to form a space i'or the reception ot the clothes line l2. The lower portion il is positioned to receive the ribQ tormed transversely ot the lower end ot the straight section 8 ot the adjacent member. An, article ot clothing upon the line 1Q, as indicated at 13 is forced into the portion l1 by the rib 9 and thus gripped beneath the line.

The opposed faces ot the rib 9 and the portion ll may be provided with indentations lll to set up gripping teeth.

Mounted upon the pivot 6 which secures the opposed ears of the members together is a coil spring 15, the legs 16 of which bear against the opposed faces ot the members l and 2 to torce the same ltogether at their lower ends, in the usual manner.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that the article herein described will effectively maintain the clothes in proper position upon the line, and may be easily and quickly manipulated tor application or removal.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

l. In a clothes pin ot the character described, a pair ci? elongated members having pivotal connection intermediate their ends, one oi' said members having one end formed to set up an obtusely angled outwardly extending portion merging into a relatively straight downwardly extending section and an inwardly projecting rib formed transversely of the lower end ot said downwardly extending section, and the other member having the lower portion thereof l formed tofsetf up a pair of Substantially Y tion and a means to grip an article ofelotliing, suspended from said line, beneath@ thez line.

2. A clothes pin of thezelrzrzreter"described,

ycom risine' a, air of members Jivotall conneet'eol intermediate their ende, means. for

causing said members to be i'foreed together ab one end,.u portion of one of seid members being vformed to set up z1-v pair of outwardly pressed semi-Circuler port/ione` :1nd the opposed portionof the endV of the other meniber being rel'itivel'y straight und tern'iinziting-.iin a transversely extending rib designed to position in the lowermost one olf the, semieireul'aln porions of the opposite member.

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ADA L. BnoKiNe. 

